Dr. Teresa Royer

Dr. Teresa Royer

Dr. Teresa Royer MacKnight

57, Andover, Maine

ANDOVER, Maine — Dr. Teresa “Terri” Royer MacKnight, 57, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, peacefully at her home in Andover. She was born March 25, 1953, in Lewisburg, Pa., a daughter of Russell and Louise Royer, of New Columbia, Pa. She graduated from Lewisburg High School, Class of 1971 and received her Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines University in Iowa in 1979.

Dr. MacKnight practiced medicine in Hollywood, Fla., Seattle, Wash., Negley, Ohio, and Beaver, Pa., before moving to Maine in 1990. She practiced medicine in Rumford until being disabled by Neurologic Lyme Disease. She was one of the founders of the International Lyme and Associated Disease Society and the society’s first president in 1999. As a lecturer and author, she strived to help the medical community and the public to recognize, treat and prevent Lyme Disease. Her desire to help others also took her to Barrow, Ala.; American Samoa and into rural areas where she was able to help those without access to medical care. http://www.lymedisease.org/news/lyme_disease_views/531.html